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Page 124
Kutenai , in contrast , does not have any grammatical animacy distinc- tion , and obviative marking occurs on inanimate nouns in the same way as on animate nouns , as illustrated in ( 8 ) and ( 9 ) . ( 8 ) qawxax - i ni ?
Kutenai , in contrast , does not have any grammatical animacy distinc- tion , and obviative marking occurs on inanimate nouns in the same way as on animate nouns , as illustrated in ( 8 ) and ( 9 ) . ( 8 ) qawxax - i ni ?
Page 126
( Tape NS7 , Story 1 , Line 17 ) Although nouns possessed by third persons in Kutenai normally do not bear obviative marking , as with the possessed noun wałunak - ris ' his tongue ' in ( 15 ) and rati - ris ' her son ' in ( 16 ) ...
( Tape NS7 , Story 1 , Line 17 ) Although nouns possessed by third persons in Kutenai normally do not bear obviative marking , as with the possessed noun wałunak - ris ' his tongue ' in ( 15 ) and rati - ris ' her son ' in ( 16 ) ...
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Louis loves Mary ' ' Mary loves Louis ' The relative order of the two nouns in ( 59 ) and ( 60 ) is reportedly fixed , and the form of the ... along with the order of the two nouns , indicates which noun is subject and which is object .
Louis loves Mary ' ' Mary loves Louis ' The relative order of the two nouns in ( 59 ) and ( 60 ) is reportedly fixed , and the form of the ... along with the order of the two nouns , indicates which noun is subject and which is object .
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